March was a very busy month. Of course, the most exciting event was Phoebe’s birthday! Dave and I can hardly believe that our little peanut has been alive for an entire year. She…

I have an unexpected day off from work today. I’ve been traveling a lot this month to work conferences: first Boston, then Montreal, then Chicago next week. I just got back from Montreal…

On February 20, Mom and Phoebe and I went to the WOW Children’s Museum in Lafayette. Here’s Phoebe playing with a model train. I wanted to watch Phoebe ride in the electric car,…

From February 16, here’s Phoebe playing with a grownup book. She was at home sick and slept most of the day, but she found some time for The Braindead Megaphone and a bit…

In this video from February 7, Phoebe knows where the wall is. She subsequently learned to clap and started doing that every time we asked about the wall…but now, several weeks later, she…

Thirty more seconds of clementine delight (January 26). On January 28 (Grammie’s birthday!) we shot this video of one of Phoebe’s first stair climbs. She occasionally pauses to eat some lint. It’s important…

During football season, Phoebe wore her Troy Polamalu jersey a lot. It didn’t help the Steelers win the Super Bowl, but it was darn cute. Here she drives around her train from Grandpa…

We’ve had a few extremely cold days this month. On February 1, it was so cold that all the area schools were closed…including Phoebe’s daycare, Take-A-Break. Alas, Dave and I still had to…

Phoebe discovered a new favorite food in the last few months. This video is from January 13. On January 14, Dave decided to play his sax so Phoebe could hang out and enjoy…